How Marine recruits survive boot camp in San Diego
We got an inside look at the United States Marine Corps' intense 13-week basic training program. Chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in San Diego, California, where he observed different companies at various stages of training. Enlisted recruits who live west of the Mississippi River attend basic training in San Diego, where women have only trained since 2021. Men and women train together, but live in separate squad bays. Male and female recruits are not allowed to talk to each other during training. In week seven, recruits travel 40 miles north of San Diego to Camp Pendleton, where they complete their training. Boot camp culminates with a 54-hour event known as The Crucible, in which recruits endure mental and physical challenges with minimal food and sleep. After completing The Crucible, recruits receive the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor pendant, marking their official transition to Marines.
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This corporal's 'reply all' email debacle went viral. When the memes blew up, a top Marine took notice.
A young Marine's course certificate accidentally made it into thousands of government inboxes. The "reply allpocalypse" spurred a barrage of memes, making the corporal famous. The saga came to an end Thursday with an unexpected surprise. The Marine Corps is going wild after an email accidentally sent to the entire service resulted in the top enlisted Marine surprising his troops and the young corporal at the center of all of it. The latest development is the culmination of a story that started in April, when Cpl. Andrew Hundley's boss routed his online course certificate up to colleagues for record-keeping. The message went well beyond the intended recipients. With the online training out of the way, Hundley, a 24-year-old cyberspace defense operator, could apply for a spot at the follow-on in-person course required for promotion. That course tackles topics like public speaking and military tactics. But when the staff sergeant hit "send," the senior Marine accidentally unleashed a "reply allpocalyspe," emailing the entire service and more. Reply-alls began flooding inboxes. Almost just as quickly came the memes, which would last for weeks. Alarmed, his boss called Hundley to explain his certificate had gone to untold corners of the government. "There's been this problem," Hundley recalled her saying to Business Insider. At first he was worried about either of them getting in trouble— the email had made it outside the Corps too, fielding quizzical responses from the Army, Naval Criminal Investigative Services, FBI, and even the White House, Hundley said. "A lot of them were kind of confused why they were getting the email," he said. Some thought it was a phishing attempt. Despite the initial stress, Hundley noted that his leaders were quick to assuage his concerns during his rocket to Marine Corps fame and kept tabs on him as the memes kept coming. A petition to have the service's chief officer, Commandant Eric Smith, attend Hundley's in-person course graduation took off, picking up over 1,600 signatures. It would be highly unusual for a Beltway-based top leader who oversees around 170,000 troops to attend the graduation for a routine enlisted course. The commandant didn't show up, but on Thursday, Smith's partner, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz, appeared unannounced, amid both applause and laughter, to present Hundley and his classmates with their graduation certificates. Marine Corps spokesperson Gunnery Sgt. Jordan Gilbert said the petition gave Ruiz a chuckle. "The Marine Corps gods have called upon me," Ruiz said as he entered the event Thursday. "They were setting up a schedule, and the schedule somehow ended up with — where you at, Hundley? Raise your hand." A sergeant major serves as a unit's senior enlisted advisor and is the right-hand to the unit's commanding officer— in Ruiz's case, that's Gen. Smith. An enlisted leader may be subordinate in rank to an officer, but they bring decades of experience and function as a team. Among other things, sergeants major are focused on unit welfare and troop morale — topics on which Ruiz has previously testified before Congress. That may well be why he decided to surprise Hundley and others, undoubtably a morale boost for the Marines. The email that went out about the corporal was "an unintentional, so innocent email that went to everyone," Ruiz said. But then it went rogue. What triggered the email storm were all the people who replied all, followed by more who replied all asking the first group of people to stop. "For three or four days, as I traveled the Corps, the question was not about barracks or quality of life," Ruiz said, referring to the service's $11 billion effort to overhaul shoddy barracks. "It's 'Corporal Hundley!'" he exclaimed. "And that's why the gods have called me to see you graduate." In an institution that reveres authentic leadership, Ruiz holds a high standing among many, including Hundley, who said that he was at once "amazed, shocked, and terrified" to see Ruiz walk in — he hadn't expected such a senior leader to actually show up. Ruiz presented the class with their graduation certificates and spoke briefly with Hundley afterward. "That the Sergeant Major is taking time out of his day, and out of his schedule just to come and see us," Hundley said. "It was an amazing feeling because it shows how much he cares." "He most definitely fosters this idea of care for everyone in the Marine Corps," regardless of rank Hundley said of Ruiz. "And I think that's an amazing leadership trait that anyone can have, having the humility to realize that we're all people and that we all have our own important things that we can offer up." Having received an overwhelming amount of congratulatory messages from around the world, Hundley said the entire experience has left him feeling humbled and eager to give back to his community. A handful of classmates asked him to sign their course certificates. Email storms happen every now and then within the US government. In 2007, a Homeland Security Department-based email chain ended up flooding over 2 million inboxes, including those of a nuclear power station in Illinois. More recently, in 2023, the Senate's email system tanked after thousands of staffers replied all to a security drill. The Hundley email debacle, however, might be the military's most amusing one. Read the original article on Business Insider
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9 hours ago
- Business Insider
This corporal's 'reply all' email debacle went viral. When the memes blew up, a top Marine took notice.
The Marine Corps is going wild after an email accidentally sent to the entire service resulted in the top enlisted Marine surprising his troops and the young corporal at the center of all of it. The latest development is the culmination of a story that started in April, when Cpl. Andrew Hundley's boss routed his online course certificate up to colleagues for record-keeping. The message went well beyond the intended recipients. With the online training out of the way, Hundley, a 24-year-old cyberspace defense operator, could apply for a spot at the follow-on in-person course required for promotion. That course tackles topics like public speaking and military tactics. But when the staff sergeant hit "send," the senior Marine accidentally unleashed a " reply allpocalyspe," emailing the entire service and more. Reply-alls began flooding inboxes. Almost just as quickly came the memes, which would last for weeks. Alarmed, his boss called Hundley to explain his certificate had gone to untold corners of the government. "There's been this problem," Hundley recalled her saying to Business Insider. At first he was worried about either of them getting in trouble— the email had made it outside the Corps too, fielding quizzical responses from the Army, Naval Criminal Investigative Services, FBI, and even the White House, Hundley said. "A lot of them were kind of confused why they were getting the email," he said. Some thought it was a phishing attempt. Despite the initial stress, Hundley noted that his leaders were quick to assuage his concerns during his rocket to Marine Corps fame and kept tabs on him as the memes kept coming. A petition to have the service's chief officer, Commandant Eric Smith, attend Hundley's in-person course graduation took off, picking up over 1,600 signatures. It would be highly unusual for a Beltway-based top leader who oversees around 170,000 troops to attend the graduation for a routine enlisted course. The commandant didn't show up, but on Thursday, Smith's partner, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlos Ruiz, appeared unannounced, amid both applause and laughter, to present Hundley and his classmates with their graduation certificates. Marine Corps spokesperson Gunnery Sgt. Jordan Gilbert said the petition gave Ruiz a chuckle. "The Marine Corps gods have called upon me," Ruiz said as he entered the event Thursday. "They were setting up a schedule, and the schedule somehow ended up with — where you at, Hundley? Raise your hand." View this post on Instagram A post shared by SgtMaj of the Marine Corps (@usmcsgtmaj) A sergeant major serves as a unit's senior enlisted advisor and is the right-hand to the unit's commanding officer— in Ruiz's case, that's Gen. Smith. An enlisted leader may be subordinate in rank to an officer, but they bring decades of experience and function as a team. Among other things, sergeants major are focused on unit welfare and troop morale — topics on which Ruiz has previously testified before Congress. That may well be why he decided to surprise Hundley and others, undoubtably a morale boost for the Marines. The email that went out about the corporal was "an unintentional, so innocent email that went to everyone," Ruiz said. But then it went rogue. What triggered the email storm were all the people who replied all, followed by more who replied all asking the first group of people to stop. "For three or four days, as I traveled the Corps, the question was not about barracks or quality of life," Ruiz said, referring to the service's $11 billion effort to overhaul shoddy barracks. "It's 'Corporal Hundley!'" he exclaimed. "And that's why the gods have called me to see you graduate." In an institution that reveres authentic leadership, Ruiz holds a high standing among many, including Hundley, who said that he was at once "amazed, shocked, and terrified" to see Ruiz walk in — he hadn't expected such a senior leader to actually show up. Ruiz presented the class with their graduation certificates and spoke briefly with Hundley afterward. "That the Sergeant Major is taking time out of his day, and out of his schedule just to come and see us," Hundley said. "It was an amazing feeling because it shows how much he cares." "He most definitely fosters this idea of care for everyone in the Marine Corps," regardless of rank Hundley said of Ruiz. "And I think that's an amazing leadership trait that anyone can have, having the humility to realize that we're all people and that we all have our own important things that we can offer up." Having received an overwhelming amount of congratulatory messages from around the world, Hundley said the entire experience has left him feeling humbled and eager to give back to his community. A handful of classmates asked him to sign their course certificates. Email storms happen every now and then within the US government. In 2007, a Homeland Security Department-based email chain ended up flooding over 2 million inboxes, including those of a nuclear power station in Illinois. More recently, in 2023, the Senate's email system tanked after thousands of staffers replied all to a security drill. The Hundley email debacle, however, might be the military's most amusing one.
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Donald L. Agler, Austintown, Ohio
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Donald L. Agler, 92, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, surrounded by his family. He was born to the late Paul L. and Kathryn Ruegsegger Agler on October 17, 1932 in Beach City, Ohio. Find obituaries from your high school Donald wed Mary Lou Muzenjack on October 6,1956, and they celebrated 57 wonderful years of marriage. Mary Lou passed away February 2014. Donald was a 1950 Chaney High School graduate, affectionately nicknamed 'Hogs'where he played football, basketball and baseball. Following graduation, he honorably served in the United States Marine Corps from June 1952 through June 1955. His military service took him overseas during the Korean War. Following discharge, he began his career at Ohio Bell Telephone and remained there for 32 years, retiring as a Central Office supervisor. He then went on to work as a toll collector at the Ohio Turnpike, Gate 15, for 14 years. Don will be remembered for his friendly demeanor and his quick wit combined with sarcasm. He enjoyed coaching his son on various Little League teams in the Millcreek Junior Baseball League. Frequent vacations were taken with his wife MaryLou to Las Vegas and Florida, especially enjoying 'Youngstown Day.' Don also loved calling his Ohio Bell retiree friends to remind them of the monthly breakfast, which he never missed. Anyone who knew Don also knew of the passion he had for horse racing at Waterford/Mountaineer Park. At one time, he was the proud owner of his own race horse, J.O. Stoop, which he enjoyed several wins with at Mountaineer. Donald is survived by his son, Donald Jr. (Carol) of Boardman; daughter, Betsy Agler of Austintown; grandchildren, Shelby Parker (T.J.) of Austintown and Anthony (Alicia) Morocco of Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; six great-grandchildren, Anthony and Adriana Morocco of Mt. Pleasant and Kenley, Mila, Trey and London Parker of Austintown; sister-in-law, Jennie Costas of Columbus; and several nieces and nephews. Donald also leaves his granddog, Bella, who would sit on his lap for hours to receive endless attention. In addition to his parents, Don was predeceased by his brothers, Paul Rodney and John Robert Agler; nephew, Thomas Agler; sister-in-law, Beverley Agler; and brother-in-law, James Costas. He was also predeceased by his step-father, George Salaggi. The family wishes to thank the staff of Aventura at Humility House Assisted Living for the wonderful care and always going above and beyond to keep a watchful eye on Don. Family and friends may call 9:00 – 11:00 a.m Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Austintown Chapel, 4303 Mahoning Ave., with a funeral service to follow. Entombment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Youngstown, where military honors will be performed in recognition of his service to our country. Donations can be made to Friends of Fido, ℅ Mahoning County Dog Pound, 1230 Meridian Road, Youngstown, OH 44509 in memory of Don. Family and friends may visit to send condolences to Don's family. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Donald L. Agler, please visit our flower 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
